University of California–Davis

Director of admissions

Sharon L. Pinkney

Application deadline

02/01

Full-time program application fee

$75

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,310

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,005

Overall acceptance rate

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

200

Number of full-time program applicants

3,310

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,005

Full-time acceptance rate

30.4%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

200

Number of part-time program applicants

N/A

Number of part-time program acceptances

N/A

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

N/A

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

3.45-3.75

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

158-163

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

N/A

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

N/A

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

CA

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

83.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

189

Graduates employed at graduation

86.7%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$80,000

Median private sector starting salary

$120,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$145,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

68%

Median public service starting salary

$55,000

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

7.0%

Percent employed in government

11.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

5.0%

Percent employed in law firms

60.0%

Percent employed in public interest

13.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

2.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

84%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

13

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.0%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

1.0%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

1.0%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

3.0%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

0.0%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

0.0%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

87.0%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

3.0%

Employment location unknown

2.7%

Career services operations: Career Counselor assigned to each student. 4 Career Counselors (3 attorneys): Director (former legal headhunter); 1 general advising/clerkships; 1 public interest/public sector; 1 general advising/alumni. Public Service Law program/certificate. Panels, Training Sessions, Skills Workshops, Networking Opportunities. Career Resource library. See http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/careerServices/index.shtml

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

90.0%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

5.0%

Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)

2.0%

Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)

3.0%